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Pressure vessel

US11052864B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

Kent Norman, III · St. Petersburg, US
William F. McLeod · Roseville, US
Markell Seitzman · Ironwood, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2018
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF17C2270/0781
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressure vessel formed by either by: a) mating a first end or closure to a second end or closure or b) mating a first end to an intermediate body member and mating the intermediate body member to a second end; the first end comprising a hollowed thin walled dome (14) having an exterior surface (15a) and an interior surface (15b) and the dome terminating in an edge surface (14a), the dome (14) having an axis Y extending through its geometric center of the exterior surface, the dome supporting at least one thin hollow walled projection (16, 18, 20) having an exterior (19a) and interior surface (19b), the at least one projection extending outwardly from the dome outer surface (15a), and terminating in a top surface (16a, 23).

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